@lavaeolus Also, if portability is a factor, 8TB SSD option are actually more portable than the largest capacity single USB cable powered portable hard drives, like the Sandisk 6TB G-Armor series. I owned the 5TB version of this and despite the rubber bumpers, it died hard and experienced a constant clicking noise after it was dropped on a carpeted floor from table height ONCE. Precision mechanical systems are subject to physical damage far more easily than SSDs.